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The University of Tartu is known for its high reputation of the quality of studies and research. Students choose our university, because they can count on the excellent reputation of the diploma they receive after they graduate. The University of Tartu is featured on many local and international TOP university rankings lists.

QS World University Rankings 2018

With the 2019 data, UT is among the first 400 universities (321) in the QS World University Rankings. QS takes into account the survey among academic leaders and heads of institutions of higher education, proportion of students and lecturers, university as the employer, significance of academic publications, percentage of foreign lecturers and students. More than 60,000 scientists and academic opinion leaders and approximately 30,000 employees gave their expert opinion to the universities by answering the questionnaire.

According to QS Subject Rankings 2018, 20 subjects at the University of Tartu are among the world's best ones.

Broad subject area

2019 Rank

2018 Rank

Arts & Humanities

299

246

Life Sciences and Medicine

373

385

Natural Sciences

451-500

401-450

Social Sciences and Management

336

323

Specific subject

Archaeology

151-200

English Language & Literature

251-300

201-250

History

151-200

Linguistics

151-200

101-150

Modern Languages

251-300

251-300

Philosophy

151-200

101-150

Computer Science & Information Systems

351-400

351-400

Agriculture & Forestry

151-200

151-200

Biological Sciences

251-300

301-350

Geography

151-200

151-200

Medicine

351-400

301-350

Pharmacy & Pharmacology

251-300

Chemistry

451-500

401-450

Physics & Astronomy

551-600

451-500

Communication & Media Studies

151-200

151-200

Law

251-300

251-300

Politics and International Studies

101-150

151-200

Sociology

201-250

Business & Management

401-450

Business & Economics

251-300

Education

251-300

301-400

QS EECA University Rankings 2019

In 2019, the University of Tartu is positioned in the 5th place in the ranking list of emerging European and Central Asian study destinations. The universities are ranked based on 10 different indicators, such as academic and employer reputation and research impact of the university.

THE World University Rankings

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings provide the definitive list of the world's best universities, evaluated across teaching, research, international outlook, reputation and more. The overall THE World University Rankings, featuring 1,000 institutions, are accompanied by a series of subject-specific rankings to help students determine where to study. Currently, the University of Tartu is ranked between 301-350 world's best universities.

Best university website in the Baltics

The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities is a ranking system for the world's universities based on a composite indicator that takes into account both the volume of the Web contents (number of web pages and files) and the visibility and impact of these web publications according to the number of external inlinks (site citations) they received. The University of Tartu's website has been ranked as the best one in the Baltics (420. position overall).

Highly Cited Researchers Report

The Highly Cited Researchers Report lists over 6,000 most influential natural and social scientists of the last decade, based on the Web of Science database. In 2018, 13 University of Tartu reasearchers were among the most influential in the world. The number of Estonian researchers on the list doubled for the second year in a row.

Best reputation among Estonian universities

University image survey of TNS Emor in 2017 confirmed that the University of Tartu is the most reputable university in Estonia for the eigth year. Based on the survey, the basis of the reputation of the University of Tartu is believed to be the high level of education, value of the diploma in the labour market and the reliability of the university (education corresponds to expectations). It was brought out that the University of Tartu is innovative and contemporary because very many innovative solutions are created as the result of science, studying and creative work.

Top choice of Estonian graduates

Year by year, the wide selection of curricula and high level of studies attract the increasing number of the best Estonian secondary school graduates to apply for the University of Tartu: in 2018, 335 of the best Estonian secondary school graduates applied for the University of Tartu.

Great reputation among current international degree students

A survey amongst our International Students confirmed that 97% of them would recommend coming to study at the University of Tartu (2017).

98% of students feel that the University has met their expectations completely.